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July 28, 2026

Hotel pipeline tops US$4.2b, but brand name projects face delays

Jamaica has facilitated more than US$4.2 billion in hotel investments through JAMPRO, but roughly 10 per cent of the pipeline remains delayed, including a Marriott-branded property in Trelawny. These…
The crash occurred along the Lilliput main road and involved two private motor cars and a bus operated by the Government-owned Jamaica Urban Transit Company.
July 26, 2026

Telematics: How smart vehicle data can slash crashes, save lives, and insurance costs

The crash occurred around 7:45 a.m. on the North Coast Highway at Bogue Gate, Trelawny, when a Toyota Regius Hiace bus travelling toward St. Ann collided head-on with a 2010 Hino Dutro motor truck…
Nadine Hylton, brand manager at Red Stripe, is flanked by Ron Burke (left), marketing director, Dream Weekend and Kamal Bankay, Dream Weekend’s chairman, at the Dream Weekend Press Launch held at Pier One in Montego Bay on July 1, 2026.
July 26, 2026

Dream Weekend eyes new chapter as festival prepares for Montego Bay debut

After nearly two decades of calling Negril home, Dream Weekend is entering a new phase as Jamaica’s largest summer party festival prepares for its first staging in Montego Bay. For Scott Dunn, group…
Sheila Sealy Monteith (left), permanent secretary at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, with Ambassador of Japan to Jamaica, Kohei Maruyama, pose for a photograph of the 2026 cohort of JET programme at a send-off reception on Thursday, July
July 26, 2026

Thirteen Jamaicans head to Japan under JET programme

Thirteen Jamaicans have been selected to serve as Assistant Language Teachers (ALT) to Japan under the 2026 JET Programme. The selected participants were given a send-off reception on Thursday, July…
The wet bar serves both indoor and outdoor living spaces.
July 26, 2026 by Barry Rattray

Dream House | Hanover retreat designed for comfort, elegance

There it sits, sequestered in the highlands of Hanover, shielded by security measures for its residents’ peace of mind. From its breezy vantage point on two acres, the substantial house built in 2009…
A police investigator and an investigator from the Independent Commission of Investigations (INDECOM) at the scene of a fatal police shooting in the Waltham area of St Andrew on April 15, 2026.
July 26, 2026

Imani Tafari-Ama | The hidden trauma of everyday violence

The tragedies that many Jamaicans endure every day rarely command international headlines. Yet the absence of global attention does not lessen the suffering they inflict on victims, their families, or…
This album cover image, released by Republic Records, shows ‘Little Miss Twain’ by Shania Twain.
July 26, 2026

On ‘Little Miss Twain’, Shania reflects on humble beginnings, late mother

NEW YORK (AP): Before Shania Twain became Shania Twain, she was a child performing in Canadian bars, singing to miners, lumberjacks, fishermen and hunters drinking the night away. “It was a bit more…
Scene from Basil Dawkins’ A Rose for Sharon
July 26, 2026

The Little Theatre, a big dream realised

On Tom Redcam Avenue in Kingston stands a modest building that, for more than 80 years, has been a heavyweight in Jamaica’s cultural life. The Little Theatre is more than a stage, it is proof of what…
July 26, 2026

Trading ‘pearls’ for ‘pebbles’?

Every one of us has dreams, responsibilities, and goals that keep us moving through life. We work hard, make plans, and invest years trying to achieve success, comfort, recognition, or security. But…